Thanks for visiting my Kennedy photo gallery.
This website brings together several hundred
high-quality images pertaining to the life and
death of the 35th President of the United States,
John F. Kennedy, including some seldom-seen photos.
This Kennedy Gallery includes three main pages, with
this first page focusing on the assassination of JFK.
To jump to Page 2, CLICK HERE. Page 3 is HERE.
And for thumbnail versions of many of the
pictures in this gallery, GO HERE.

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A VIDEO PHOTO GALLERY, SET TO MUSIC:

SUGGESTION:
Start playing the video above, and let the music play as
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THE KENNEDY GALLERY:

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's arrival at the Chamber of Commerce
breakfast in Fort Worth, Texas, on November 22, 1963, was deliberately
delayed until after everyone else had been seated, so that Jackie
could make a grand entrance -- and she did, which is depicted in
the photo above. Secret Service agent Clint Hill, who was
assigned to protect Mrs. Kennedy, leads the way.

For video footage taken during the Fort Worth breakfast, plus many
links to assassination-related television and radio coverage,CLICK HERE.

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Here's a cropped version of the above photo (in color):

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President John F. Kennedy in Fort Worth, Texas,
on Friday morning, November 22, 1963.

[Photo Credit: Rob Hinnant]

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Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Jackie Kennedy at the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce breakfast on 11/22/63.
Lady Bird Johnson is on the left.

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Jackie Kennedy, in the pink, sits at the head table during
the breakfast gathering in Fort Worth on the morning of 11/22/63.

In the photos below, President John F. Kennedy and First Lady
Jacqueline Kennedy are seen arriving at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas,
on Friday morning, November 22, 1963.

Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, can also be seen in the doorway
of the Boeing 707 in the rarely-published third picture shown below.

Less than one hour later, both President Kennedy and Governor Connally were on stretchers inside Parkland Hospital after having been shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
in Dealey Plaza. The Governor would survive his serious wounds,
the President would not.

The death of John F. Kennedy plunged the nation into a period of unprecedented
grief and mourning, as JFK became the first U.S. President to be
assassinated since William McKinley 62 years earlier.

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The above photograph was taken just seconds before Jackie Kennedy was handed a bouquet of red roses by Mrs. Earle Cabell (the wife of the Dallas mayor).

This beautiful picture isn't seen very often. It exhibits outstanding color and is one of a series of Love Field photos snapped by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton on that tragic Friday in November 1963 when the nation lost a President.

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A beaming Jackie Kennedy at Love Field. Hugh Sidey of
Time Magazine looks on, while the "Barry John" sign in
the background serves as tragic irony.

Presidential aide Dave Powers at sunny Love Field on November 22, 1963.

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This Love Field picture doesn't show JFK or Jackie, but it's an interesting
photo nonetheless. Visible in this image are Vice President Lyndon Johnson,
Governor John Connally (standing up in the Presidential limousine),
and reporters Seth Kantor and Robert MacNeil.

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The President's 1961 stretch limousine, with its jump seats still folded
up, awaits its famous passengers at Love Field on 11/22/63.

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A frontal view of JFK's limousine prior
to the President's arrival in Dallas.

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Just for good measure, here's one more good close-up
image of JFK and Jackie at the Dallas airport.

This is a really rare motorcade picture -- an aerial view of JFK's limousine in
downtown Dallas. Note that driver Bill Greer has his door open (probably
in an effort to keep the crowd back, because the police motorcycles on
the left side of the car were likely not in their normal positions when this
picture was snapped, due to the heavy crowds on that side of the street).

Also barely visible on the far right side of this photo is Secret Service agent
Clint Hill, who was riding on the rear bumper of the limousine when this
picture was taken. He rode on the bumper when the crowds got very thick,
which occurred approximately four times during the Dallas motorcade.

Here's another somewhat rare view of JFK's car as it travelled
through the streets of Dallas, Texas, on 11/22/63.

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Photographer Bob Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald took
this picture near the corner of Main and Ervay Streets in downtown
Dallas on 11/22/63, approximately 3 minutes prior to the assassination.
This is another picture that's not seen too often.

[Photo Credit: The Sixth Floor Museum At Dealey Plaza]

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Image from original 35mm negative by Dallas Times Herald photographer
William Beal. This image shows the Kennedy motorcade in Dallas,
photographed from the balcony of the Adolphus Hotel, as it approached
the Main & Akard Street intersection.

Here are three still frames from another "new" amateur film of the Dallas
motorcade, which was discovered for the first time in early November 2013.
This short color film was taken by Andre Leche on the north side of Main Street
just a few minutes prior to the assassination. Leche's footage shows JFK
engaging in conversation with Governor John Connally, who is turning
around in his seat to look at the President:

This picture shows the President's car on Main Street, approaching
Houston Street, just about to enter Dealey Plaza. Note the fact that
several people are hanging out of open windows on the second floor
of the building on the left.

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This eerie photo depicts President Kennedy brushing back his hair as his
limousine rounds the corner from Main St. to Houston St.

The open sniper's window on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book
Depository is just barely visible in this rather bleached-out photograph.
(I don't think a better version of the picture exists.)

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Just seconds before tragedy.....

This is a still frame from the amateur movie taken by Dealey Plaza
witness Robert Hughes. Just like the picture above this one, this Hughes
image is quite eerie in nature, since it shows both JFK's limousine and
Lee Harvey Oswald's "Sniper's Nest" window within the same image. The
assassin's window on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository
is at the very top of the picture, on the far right-hand side of the building.

This particular still image from the Hughes Film is also valuable for another
reason, because it debunks the HSCA's "acoustics" evidence (which was
presented in 1978 as virtual proof of a conspiracy in JFK's murder).

Assassination eyewitness Robert Croft took this up-close picture of the
President and First Lady after the limousine had made its fatal turn onto
Elm Street. Jackie Kennedy, probably to the photographer's immense delight,
appears to be looking directly at Mr. Croft when he clicked his camera's shutter.

This photo was snapped by Croft at the equivalent of approximately Frame #161 of Abraham Zapruder's home movie, which was almost exactly the same time that
Lee Harvey Oswald fired the first of his three gunshots from the Book
Depository (the first shot missed the car and its occupants completely).

This photo, taken by bystander Charles Bronson, shows JFK's car on
Elm Street during the assassination, seconds prior to the third and
fatal shot that struck the President in the head.

Bronson's picture is a bit blurry, but it's also a fascinating image, in that
it shows the limousine and many of the Dealey Plaza witnesses from a
unique vantage point (opposite Abraham Zapruder, who can be seen,
although not clearly, filming the motorcade from atop the concrete
pedestal on the left side of this photograph).

Visible in this picture are: "Umbrella Man" (with an open umbrella being
held above his head), the Newman family, Charles Brehm and son,
Mary Moorman, Jean Hill, the "Babushka Lady", and Mr. Zapruder.

This is the famous picture taken by Associated Press photographer
James Altgens, snapped between gunshots #2 and #3. Both of the
limo's victims (JFK and Governor John Connally) can be seen through
the car's windshield reacting to their wounds, which were sustained
just seconds earlier when bullet "CE399" from Lee Harvey Oswald's
rifle pierced the backs of both men.

For more details about what can be seen in Altgens' amazing photo, CLICK HERE.

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This is one of the most famous (and most studied) photographs
taken on 11/22/63, the Polaroid snapshot captured by Mary Moorman.
Abraham Zapruder can be seen filming the motorcade from
atop the concrete pedestal on the right-hand side of the photo.
The ugly thumbprint that mars the photo was left there by someone
who handled it after Moorman gave the picture to the FBI.

Another photo taken by Jim Altgens, a few seconds after the fatal shot
struck President Kennedy. Secret Service agent Clint Hill has jumped
onto the back bumper of the limousine to aid Jacqueline Kennedy.

The motorcade's "lead car", with Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry driving,
can be seen just ahead of the limo on Elm Street, brakes applied.

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The chaotic scene on Elm Street immediately after JFK was shot.
This photo depicts some of the "camera cars" that were part of the
Dallas motorcade. A reporter makes a wild dash toward the middle
car, as the driver hits the brakes to allow him to catch up.

Also visible on the left side of this picture, standing near the
Triple Underpass bridge, is eyewitness James Tague, who was
slightly injured on the cheek during the shooting.

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The limousine with the fatally wounded President is seen here just west
of the Triple Underpass, quickly approaching the ramp leading to
Stemmons Freeway.

This fascinating photo, taken by bystander Mel McIntire, shows the
Book Depository in the background. Note the time--"12:30"--being
displayed on the large "Hertz" sign atop the Depository.

The Secret Service follow-up car, sans Clint Hill on the left
runningboard, is seen here speeding toward Stemmons Freeway.

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Three images of President Kennedy's car as it was being rushed to Parkland
Hospital. Clint Hill towers above the back seat in an attempt to shield
the occupants of the Lincoln Continental limousine:

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The two pictures below show the President's blurred limo as
it barrels down Stemmons Freeway, with Clint Hill on top:

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A few minutes after President Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza, we see
people rushing toward the "Grassy Knoll" area. Clearly visible in this photo
(on the other side of Elm Street, near the curb) are famous assassination
eyewitnesses Charles Brehm and Mary Moorman.

Bill and Gayle Newman and their two young sons are captured on film
as they crouch on the grass beside Elm Street only minutes after they
had seen the President shot and killed just a few feet in front of them.

This is an uncropped black-and-white version of James Powell's
photograph of the Book Depository, which Powell took
just seconds after the assassination.

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Here's a cropped color version of James Powell's picture of the Depository.
Bonnie Ray Williams is clearly visible in a fifth-floor window. And some
of the boxes that shielded Lee Harvey Oswald's Sniper's Nest on the
sixth floor can be seen as well.

This is Warren Commission Exhibit #482, which depicts a close-up
version of the famous picture snapped by Tom Dillard within a few
seconds of the last shot being fired from the sixth-floor window
(which is the top window in this photo).

Some conspiracy theorists over the years have claimed that the man wearing
the dark glasses at the far right in the above picture is Jack Ruby.
But two other photos showing the same man in sunglasses (below),
which were taken at about the same time as the image above,
prove those theorists to be incorrect:

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The busy and confused scene at the Parkland Hospital emergency entrance
shortly after JFK arrived there. The Presidential limousine is visible
under the overhang.

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Also at Parkland Hospital -- That's Mrs. Earle Cabell seated
in the car in the foreground.

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JFK's limousine at Parkland Hospital,
with the "bubbletop" only halfway installed.

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Another picture of SS-100-X at the Parkland emergency entrance.

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The crowd at Parkland's emergency entrance.

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An eerie and realistic-looking painting of Jackie Kennedy and the
slain President in the limousine at Parkland Hospital.

This image shows White House Assistant Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff
making the official announcement to reporters that President Kennedy
had died. The photographer in front whose face is hidden by his camera
is WBAP-TV's Bob Welch; his sound camera made the only known recording
of Kilduff's statement, given in a nurse's classroom at Parkland Hospital.

Lee Harvey Oswald's "sniper's nest" on the sixth floor
of the Book Depository Building:

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The sixth floor of the Book Depository. Bonnie Ray Williams' Dr. Pepper bottle
can be seen on the floor.

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A view of the stairwell on the Depository's sixth floor, which
was used by Lee Oswald to flee that floor after
he assassinated President Kennedy.

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Lee Harvey Oswald's Mannlicher-Carcano rifle in the exact
position in which it was discovered on the Depository's
sixth floor at 1:22 PM CST on 11/22/63.

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This is the lunchroom on the second floor of the Book Depository.
Within just a couple of minutes of the President's assassination,
Lee Harvey Oswald was seen and briefly detained in this
room by Dallas Police Officer Marrion L. Baker.

From a different perspective, here is another look
at Dealey Plaza in the year 1967.

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Here's the way Dealey Plaza looked in the year 1959.

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This very high-quality photograph shows Dealey Plaza sometime in the 1950s,
years before that small area of downtown Dallas became infamous. Take note
of how Elm Street was a two-way thoroughfare at that time. It looks
strange seeing cars travelling eastbound on Elm.

Below are 19 high-quality pictures of Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas,
from the year 2004, including some shots of the Plaza taken from
the observation deck of Reunion Tower. There are some excellent images
in this series, many of them taken from some rarely-seen vantage points.

All of these images were photographed by my brother on June 11, 2004,
which just happened to be the same day of former President
Ronald Reagan's funeral, which is the reason why the flags are at
half-mast in these pictures.

To see much larger versions of the photos in
this Dealey Plaza series, GO HERE.

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An eerie sight: President Gerald Ford's motorcade
passes through Dealey Plaza in 1976.

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In the spring of 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald posed for this
controversial backyard photo, which shows him holding
the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle that he would later use on
November 22nd to kill President Kennedy.

The casket bearing President Kennedy's body is placed
atop the catafalque in the East Room of the White House at
approximately 4:30 AM (EST), Saturday, November 23, 1963.
Jacqueline Kennedy, still wearing her bloodstained pink dress,
looks on. Standing beside Jackie is Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

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The somber East Room of the White House on November 23, 1963:

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People gather across the street from the White House on
11/22/63 following the announcement of JFK's death.

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This is Commerce Street in downtown Dallas, Texas,
nearly deserted on the night of President Kennedy's assassination.

Lee Harvey Oswald's completed Texas School Book Depository work
application, which was filled out by Oswald on Tuesday, October 15, 1963,
38 days before he murdered President Kennedy from
that very location (the TSBD in Dallas).

A related essay pertaining to the work application, and the
several lies that Oswald told on it, is linked HERE.

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Two of Lee Oswald's Book Depository pay stubs.

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Here we see Marguerite Oswald playing detective. (Marguerite was
the very kooky mother of Presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.)

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Still images from the "Dallas Cinema Associates" film entitled "President Kennedy's Final Hour", which includes numerous
motion pictures taken by amateur photographers
in Dallas on November 22, 1963:

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In Ruth Paine's kitchen the day after the assassination.
Left to right: Marguerite Oswald (who is holding one-month-old
Rachel Oswald), Ruth Paine, 21-month-old June Oswald, and
Lee Harvey Oswald's Russian-born wife, Marina.

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Abraham Zapruder, who took the infamous home movie showing
JFK's assassination from start to finish, talks with WFAA-TV's
Jay Watson two hours after the shooting on 11/22/63.

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An invitation to the 11/22/63 luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart
that President Kennedy didn't live to attend.

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The Texas Theater in the Dallas suburb of Oak Cliff, where Lee Oswald
was captured. This picture was taken on Saturday, November 23, 1963.

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"SS-100-X" (JFK's limousine). This photograph was taken at the
White House garage on the morning of November 23, 1963.

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Lee Harvey Oswald has been shot!

Robert Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald won a Pulitzer Prize for
this famous photo showing Jack Ruby murdering Lee Harvey Oswald in the
basement of Dallas City Hall at 11:21 AM (CST) on Sunday, November 24, 1963.
Oswald died at Parkland Hospital at 1:07 PM that day.

Images from two very sad days in American history,
November 24th and 25th, 1963:

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Here are some additional color photos of President Kennedy's
funeral services and official processions through Washington, D.C.
These images come from films taken by White House
photographers Tom Atkins and Robert Knudsen:

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50 screen captures from the best motion picture ever made about
the assassination of President Kennedy -- David L. Wolper's
1964 masterpiece, "Four Days In November":

This rare photo was taken during the time of Jack Ruby's murder trial in
late February 1964. With the Book Depository in the background, several
of the jurors at Ruby's trial are seen walking to a cafe for lunch.

Surveyors measure the angles from the street to the Depository's
sixth-floor window during the Warren Commission's detailed re-enactment of the assassination that was conducted in
Dealey Plaza on May 24, 1964.

The Secret Service car, which substituted for the President's
limousine during the Commission's reconstruction of the
shooting, is also seen in this photograph.

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More photos taken on 5/24/64 during the re-enactment
of the assassination in Dealey Plaza: